The heat is on!
My message to NM @ghost_of_pushwood
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Jun 24, 2019
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#304
DrSpudnik wrote:
The heat is on!
Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on...
SmyslovFan wrote:
SmyslovFan wrote:
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I’m betting that several of the accounts that posted in the last 48 hours won’t be here on July 4th.
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EDIT: I should have said June 24th, not July 4th. Wow.
I don't expect to be here on July 4th. A few minutes drive from here is a small town with which I am intimately associated (retired public official, etc.) and every year they hold a big gala on the Fourth. For the last few years, a vacant lot on the main drag has been transformed into one of those European-style open-air chessboards, where people pick the pieces up off the ground and walk them over to the desired square. The high point of the Fourth for me is going over there and beating one random stranger after another, in front of a crowd of onlookers, for several hours. It's joyous.
Jun 25, 2019
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#306
I used to be a Gaming Monk at the Renaissance Festival. We'd set up two boards per monk, and play all comers for $1. We played on beat up wooden boards without clocks (obviously). The prizes were $2-$5 in the form of drinks and turkey legs. The company took its cut (about 15% if I remember right). On a good day, I'd make $100 for the day. My record was 180 games without a loss.
And yeah, it really was "joyous"! We actually attracted crowds to watch us play! We were one of the few (perhaps the only) games that weren't rigged.
Jun 25, 2019
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#307
SmyslovFan wrote:
I used to be a Gaming Monk at the Renaissance Festival. We'd set up two boards per monk, and play all comers for $1. We played on beat up wooden boards without clocks (obviously). The prizes were $2-$5 in the form of drinks and turkey legs. The company took its cut (about 15% if I remember right). On a good day, I'd make $100 for the day. My record was 180 games without a loss.
And yeah, it really was "joyous"! We actually attracted crowds to watch us play! We were one of the few (perhaps the only) games that weren't rigged.
That sounds fun.
Jun 25, 2019
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#308
I don’t play romantic stuff in tnmts, but I’d play a bunch of Vienna Gambits and other romantic lines at the Ren Fest.
Jun 25, 2019
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#309
SmyslovFan wrote:
I don’t play romantic stuff in tnmts, but I’d play a bunch of Vienna Gambits and other romantic lines at the Ren Fest.
I am quite romantic
Jun 25, 2019
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#310
SmyslovFan wrote:
I used to be a Gaming Monk at the Renaissance Festival. We'd set up two boards per monk, and play all comers for $1. We played on beat up wooden boards without clocks (obviously). The prizes were $2-$5 in the form of drinks and turkey legs. The company took its cut (about 15% if I remember right). On a good day, I'd make $100 for the day. My record was 180 games without a loss.
And yeah, it really was "joyous"! We actually attracted crowds to watch us play! We were one of the few (perhaps the only) games that weren't rigged.
I've done this too over the years. Though I must admit that the average competitor could be beaten by someone with a head injury.
Now I want to be a Gaming Monk. It sounds like chess hustling against RenFest/SCA people, many of whom would have better luck jousting instead of playing chess. Since he was actually a priest back then, you could dress as a priest and have a little nameplate "Ruy Lopez". I'm a little too old for this now, but did Gaming Monk have opportunities for unscripted interactions with fair damsels?
Jun 26, 2019
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#312
There are usually a few good players who show up every weekend. But the monk still has the edge cos we aren’t drinking and we’re used to the setting. And, we set up the board so that the glare is in our opponent’s eyes!
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
That Steve Maraboli guy must have the IQ of a walnut.
Stop insulting walnuts man!
Jun 26, 2019
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#316
oregonpatzer wrote:
Now I want to be a Gaming Monk. It sounds like chess hustling against RenFest/SCA people, many of whom would have better luck jousting instead of playing chess. Since he was actually a priest back then, you could dress as a priest and have a little nameplate "Ruy Lopez". I'm a little too old for this now, but did Gaming Monk have opportunities for unscripted interactions with fair damsels?
Might want to lay low around the fair damsels...
https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/accusations-of-sexual-assault-made-at-kansas-city-renaissance-festival/article_5b6a15e2-9706-11e9-b02e-fff0dba68ef5.html
Faint heart never won fair maiden, DrSpudnik. A gentleman knows where the boundary is.
Nice
JOKETIME: THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO
Gentleman to Lady: Will you go out with me?
Lady: Do you want the long answer or the short answer?
Gentleman: Well, what's the short answer?
Lady: The short answer is no.
Gentleman: I'm awfully sorry to hear that. Just out of a sense of historical perspective here, what was the long answer?
Lady: Oh dear sweet merciful Jesus in Heaven, no.
I love the Magic Flute!